Fast tensor-based electrostatic energy calculations in the perspective of protein-ligand docking problem

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Autori principali: Benner, Peter, Khoromskij, Boris N., Khoromskaia, Venera, Stein, Matthias
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author Benner, Peter
Khoromskij, Boris N.
Khoromskaia, Venera
Stein, Matthias
author_facet Benner, Peter
Khoromskij, Boris N.
Khoromskaia, Venera
Stein, Matthias
contents We propose and justify a new approach for fast calculation of the electrostatic interaction energy of clusters of charged particles in constrained energy minimization in the framework of rigid protein-ligand docking. Our ``blind search'' docking technique is based on the low-rank range-separated (RS) tensor-based representation of the free-space electrostatic potential of the biomolecule represented on large $n\times n\times n$ 3D grid. We show that both the collective electrostatic potential of a complex protein-ligand system and the respective electrostatic interaction energy can be calculated by tensor techniques in $O(n)$-complexity, such that the numerical cost for energy calculation only mildly (logarithmically) depends on the number of particles in the system. Moreover, tensor representation of the electrostatic potential enables usage of large 3D Cartesian grids (of the order of $n^3 \sim 10^{12}$), which could allow the accurate modeling of complexes with several large proteins. In our approach selection of the correct geometric pose predictions in the localized posing process is based on the control of van der Waals distance between the target molecular clusters. Here, we confine ourselves by constrained minimization of the energy functional by using only fast tensor-based free-space electrostatic energy recalculation for various rotations and translations of both clusters. Numerical tests of the electrostatic energy-based ``protein-ligand docking'' algorithm applied to synthetic and realistic input data present a proof of concept for rather complex particle configurations. The method may be used in the framework of the traditional stochastic or deterministic posing/docking techniques.
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spellingShingle Fast tensor-based electrostatic energy calculations in the perspective of protein-ligand docking problem
Benner, Peter
Khoromskij, Boris N.
Khoromskaia, Venera
Stein, Matthias
Numerical Analysis
65F30, 65F50, 65N35, 65F10
We propose and justify a new approach for fast calculation of the electrostatic interaction energy of clusters of charged particles in constrained energy minimization in the framework of rigid protein-ligand docking. Our ``blind search'' docking technique is based on the low-rank range-separated (RS) tensor-based representation of the free-space electrostatic potential of the biomolecule represented on large $n\times n\times n$ 3D grid. We show that both the collective electrostatic potential of a complex protein-ligand system and the respective electrostatic interaction energy can be calculated by tensor techniques in $O(n)$-complexity, such that the numerical cost for energy calculation only mildly (logarithmically) depends on the number of particles in the system. Moreover, tensor representation of the electrostatic potential enables usage of large 3D Cartesian grids (of the order of $n^3 \sim 10^{12}$), which could allow the accurate modeling of complexes with several large proteins. In our approach selection of the correct geometric pose predictions in the localized posing process is based on the control of van der Waals distance between the target molecular clusters. Here, we confine ourselves by constrained minimization of the energy functional by using only fast tensor-based free-space electrostatic energy recalculation for various rotations and translations of both clusters. Numerical tests of the electrostatic energy-based ``protein-ligand docking'' algorithm applied to synthetic and realistic input data present a proof of concept for rather complex particle configurations. The method may be used in the framework of the traditional stochastic or deterministic posing/docking techniques.
title Fast tensor-based electrostatic energy calculations in the perspective of protein-ligand docking problem
topic Numerical Analysis
65F30, 65F50, 65N35, 65F10
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.26611